By Tim Cavell on 19-Aug-2017 - The sign over the entrance to the Whitechapel Foundry tells us that it has been making church bells since 1570, and before then under another name. This makes it the oldest manufacturing business in Great Britain. Sadly, it has just announced it will be closing later this year so our recent Bardwell Bellringers visit there […] Read more
By Louise Johnson on 12-Aug-2017 - My children and I started ringing following a chance conversation I had with Trisha Hawkins, the bell ringing teacher at St Mary’s, Barnes. She had recently got back from a ringing trip and was recounting the details, and it all sounded very interesting. She then asked me if I would like to have a go, […] Read more
By Helen McGregor on 07-Aug-2017 - The Tulloch band are looking for some more help….. This is a fantastic opportunity for an ART Trained ringing teacher to enjoy a visit to Scotland with free accommodation, in exchange for some friendly and supportive ringing leadership between October 7th 2017 and the 31st March 2018. It’s the perfect opportunity for an accredited teacher […] Read more
By Lucy Chandhial on 06-Aug-2017 - Teachers from across the Middlesex Association of Church Bell Ringers are offering a week’s long course in Bell Handling (from Monday 21st to Friday 25th August inclusive). The sessions will take place between 10am and 4.30pm each day at St Mary Abbots in Kensington, and the cost is £50 for the week. Many of the […] Read more
By Bernadette O'Dwyer on 05-Aug-2017 - This DVD, which is of benefit to both teachers and new ringers alike, highlights the importance of practising the skills, technique and teamwork necessary to raise and lower individual bells or in peal. The point is clearly made that raising and lowering bells is a performance piece which must be completed safely while maintaining musicality […] Read more
By Elaine Greatrex on 02-Aug-2017 - We came from all directions and all had a different agenda. What we were there for was a simulation awareness workshop, what we got was a well-informed introduction to simulators and a wide-ranging informative discussion on the future of how simulators could help ringers ring without disturbing the neighbours. While the workshop was designed as […] Read more
By Ginette Pardoe on 29-Jul-2017 - In 2013, a fellow ringer suggested we start a monthly practice at Broseley in Shropshire with a view to establishing a new band; there hadn’t been an active band there in several years. I mentioned this to a friend, Teresa, who is also the landlady of a local pub (so I see her quite often!), […] Read more
By Mike Rigby on 29-Jul-2017 - I have just returned from ringing at “Shakespeare’s Church”, Holy Trinity in Stratford-upon-Avon, a wonderful 10-bell tower. I rang with a group who call themselves the Wombelles, and I have been so impressed with the way the group is run, and how much fun everyone has, that I felt it was time to tell others. […] Read more
By Christopher Wright on 28-Jul-2017 - By “dodgy”, I don’t mean what happens in treble bob… There were eight of us and we were joined by a casual visitor who heard the bells as he passed on the canal. We raised the front six and rang, initially, some quite reasonable rounds on four or five of them. Four of the band […] Read more
By Alan Bentley on 28-Jul-2017 - On the 30th September, Lytchett Matravers Church will be hosting an ART Module 2 F course – a day course designed for anyone who is working with a band at an early level, ringing rounds to plain hunt. The course will be tutored by Paul Lewis and includes a mixture of practical and theory sessions […] Read more